Wanted 50-pin SCSI hard disk
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20 MegaByte or GigaByte?
I don't think there are 20GB 50pin HDD. Only 68/80pin.
On eBay there is currently 73GB external SCSI drive with DB25 connector cable.
So there is a chance it is 50pin drive inside.
Item 296477433487
I don't think there are 20GB 50pin HDD. Only 68/80pin.
On eBay there is currently 73GB external SCSI drive with DB25 connector cable.
So there is a chance it is 50pin drive inside.
Item 296477433487
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The last standard using 50pin was Ultra2 (1997). 20 GB HDDs arrived at around 2000/2001. The problem is probably that Ultra160 came out at around 1999 using 68pin and which offered 4x speed compared to Ultra2. So I doubt that there was a serious market in 2000/2001 going for 50pin. And btw, the 68pin already came out in 1989 (SCSI-2 or Wide SCSI) and 68pin been always necessary for 16 Bit (50pin only 8 Bit).
Buy a 68pin and use an adapter, if you have the room for it. Or just go with an SCSI2SD?
Buy a 68pin and use an adapter, if you have the room for it. Or just go with an SCSI2SD?
thebajaguy
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I successfully run an 80GB SATA Intel SSD with a SATA2SCSI module (on my A4000T/060), but finding these kinds of adapters today would be a challenge. I use <4GB of it, though.
I've set up a BlueSCSI and a ZuluSCSI with 128GB cards, and built ~32GB partitions on them (for a client using the Amiga for audio and video productions) - I would send you this direction if you just have to have that much disk space attached to the Amiga. I hope you have plenty of RAM if you plan to use FFS on it.
For backup purposes, with the above SD configuration, I feel that being able pull the cards out, and copy the image files off, is called piece of mind. I might also suggest a Network NAS for the home and/or use a wired network card and have less disk space on the Amiga. Aside from the A4000T (for test purposes), this smaller disk and network design is my preferred setup.
I've set up a BlueSCSI and a ZuluSCSI with 128GB cards, and built ~32GB partitions on them (for a client using the Amiga for audio and video productions) - I would send you this direction if you just have to have that much disk space attached to the Amiga. I hope you have plenty of RAM if you plan to use FFS on it.
For backup purposes, with the above SD configuration, I feel that being able pull the cards out, and copy the image files off, is called piece of mind. I might also suggest a Network NAS for the home and/or use a wired network card and have less disk space on the Amiga. Aside from the A4000T (for test purposes), this smaller disk and network design is my preferred setup.
